Camino Portugués
9.2 km, 74 m up and 93 m down, through 4 places, 2 of which have somewhere to sleep. Where you stop is up to you.
Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Mealhada. Most are too small to sleep in — a fountain, a chapel, a bar that may or may not be open — but they are what the day is actually made of.
The camino leaves town along the highway towards the suburb of Sernadelo where the private albergue is located. The arrow for the turn-off from the main road is not easy to see but can be recognized for the Restaurante Tipico with its massive awning.
The private albergue known as Hilario is in Sernadelo, just past the turn-off from the main road. The camino leaves Mealhada along the highway and turns right here.
A hamlet with a church. The camino wraps around it and continues toward Aguim on the road.
The way from Aguim to Anadia is well marked and clearly understood, with one exception: when nearing Anadia along the road, an electric pole on your left has some wiggly looking arrows which suggest that you jog left then right to go into the woods. This was once the way and will still get you there, but the official arrows point you straight along the road.In either case, turn left when you get to another road some 400m from this confusing point. This will take you around the newly built sports complex. On the other end keep on the road; turning left at the first roundabout, left at the second roundabout, and right at the third; all are well marked.
The centre of the Bairrada wine region, though the town itself isn't directly on the camino — it's a left turn at the second roundabout near the sports complex. If you need services (shops, ATM, pharmacy), make the detou…
The arrow through Arcos is at the base of the church. Turn right at the church, around a bend, then left. Alfeolas is near.
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 81 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 9.1 km.
Esta entidad ha sido beneficiaria de una ayuda del Programa de incentivos a la movilidad eficiente y sostenible (MOVES III), gestionado por la Xunta de Galicia a través del Instituto Enerxético de Galicia (INEGA) en el marco del Real Decreto 266/2021, y cofinanciada por la Unión Europea — NextGenerationEU, dentro del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia.